He keeps saying that...

GreatMuppetyOdin | March 07, 14:51 CET

Well, Shane Black is writing with RDJ for Iron Man 3 apparently. I think there's some truth to it.

Jaymii | March 07, 14:57 CET

Joss and Robert bouncing ideas off one another? Yes please.

alcabongTV | March 07, 15:03 CET

As long as it's not in the Donald Sutherland school of collaboration.

GreatMuppetyOdin | March 07, 15:28 CET

Yeah, no Sutherlanding please. It's interesting to note that Joss inherited half his cast, which is something of a compromise in power from the get go. While I suspect he's great at managing egos and all the fun stuff that comes along with writing scenes, setting up cool shots and cutting them together, it could be a little tough when you've got a guy like Downey Jr riding a great crest of popularity due to this character right now--the sense of ownership and quite frankly entitlement must be high. That said, as pointed out above, Joss and Downey bouncing ideas off each other could/should be pure gold. Just hope Downey's ready to share the screen with so many others.

MrArg | March 07, 15:40 CET

Yep, the Sutherland concern was voiced when Downey Jr. said this before. He's very dry in his humour so I wouldn't take it 100% seriously. On the other hand he's said similar things about other films (after the fact too) so I wouldn't take it 0% seriously either.

Could lead to friction (but then some friction isn't necessarily a bad thing) or RDJ may be big enough to accept a good script as a good script (i.e. not feel the need to tinker just for the sake of it) or best case, he may even make some valuable contributions, it's a collaborative process after all.

Saje | March 07, 15:44 CET

Deja vu. Word for word.

Nebula1400 | March 07, 18:33 CET

It's my fault. I'm convinced that when the news was announced, he googled Joss and found Whedonesque and my post saying I'll believe it when I see RDJ wearing a 'Joss is My Master Now' t-shirt. So now he's overcompensating, is all.

fanbuoyant | March 07, 18:34 CET

Hear that? All possible future RDJ problematical scripting antics should be blamed on napua. ;P

Of course, that also means that napua get the credit for any brilliantly collaborative bits too. : )

BreathesStory | March 07, 19:15 CET

I couldn't get audio on this clip (anyone know why that would be?) but I agree w/Saje that Robert Downey, Jr could just be looking for a rise out of the online fans. I have a lot of respect for RD, Jr and I expect him to be wonderful in 'Avengers'. I expect 'Avengers' to be incredibly awesome.

embers | March 07, 19:23 CET

If you watch the commentary for Serenity, IIRC, Adam Baldwin "told" Joss what to do about his character a few times (essentially saying his character wouldn't say such and such) and Joss agreed.

But yeah, one of the challenges with Avengers is working with a cast of stars. At least it seems like RDJ has a sense of humor about it. Hopefully RDJ's special brand of self-deprecating gets along with Joss'.

[ edited by Emmie on 2011-03-08 04:43 ]

Emmie | March 07, 19:42 CET

joke's getting old...

nyrk | March 07, 23:28 CET

Didn't RDJ do this same interview back in like October?

eddy | March 08, 11:09 CET